"I said, 'I don't owe you anything. I'm not giving you a damn thing,'" remembered Aaron. "Before I know it he came out of his back pocket and swung an iron pipe. I politely got up, stood up and shook it off. I took it to him."

With gashes to his head, Aaron said he searched for inner strength.

"He thought when he hit me with the pipe it would knock me out but it didn't. All it did was make me mad. That's when I stood up on this one leg," said Aaron.

According to an arrest report, Jiles managed to flee with some cash. Twelve hours later, police officers hauled him to jail on a felony robbery charge.

"I feel good. I got a chance to work some muscles I don't get to work," laughed Aaron.

As he continues to heal, he offered up this advice to Jiles.

"Have fun. Don't drop the soap!" joked Aaron.

He told us life may have left him without a limb, but no one is going to steal his joy.

"You just don't give up on life. Some say you're the happiest one legged man I seen. What's the sense of going around with sour lemons on your face? You're living. Somebody else didn't wake up this morning," stressed Aaron.

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